Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-02-09
TRE GREAT SOUTHERN PA
CIFIC SYSTEM.
Eli Perkins Lets oue q Little
ELOQUENT Truth About ft.

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There is a good deal of talk in
the New York newspapers about
the Southern Pacific. formerly call
ed the Central Pacific r. r. In
these discussions the names Of Sen
ator Stanford, Charles Croker and
G. P. Huntington are often men
toned.
Now what is the Southern Pa
cifc Railroad and who are these
gentlemen?
The Southern Pacific system
consists principally of three great
prongs radiating from San Fran
cisco. One runs South to Los An
geles and Yuma, where it connects
with the great Santa Fe system,
and then on to El Paso and New
Orleans. The other runs East to
Sacramento and Ogden, where it
clasps hands with the Union Pa
cific, and the third prong runs
North Cor will reach there in few
months) to Portland, Oregon, where
1t shakes hands with the Northern
Pacific system. These roads are
about six thousand miles long.
Who made them?
Leland Stanford, Charles Crock
err and C. P. Huntington.
Those men have added thousand
million dollars to the value of the
Republic. They have turned the
desert of Southern California into
gardens. They have brought New
York within six days of San Fran
cisco. They have peopled a great
empire on the Pacific which now
sends wheat. fruit and wine all over
the earth.
Have these three men done any
good to the Republic?
When the great East was crying
for railroad across the Continent
when Congress was making appro.
priatiens and the newspapers were
begging such men as Vanderbilt
and Astor to put their money and
brains into the gigantic scheme
then these three men, young and full
of fire and patriotism, rolled up
their sleeves aud commenced build
ing Westward, Alone they fought
the fight The Republic looked on
amazed and applauded them. 1t
said: See what three of our citi-
zens are doingr' The rich East
held out its hands. 1t beckoned
on. They toiled on-these three
men did. They gave their brains
to it. They put up every dollar
they could raise or borrow. By
and by they completed the work.
They alone met the rich and popu-
lous East ir the middle of the Con-
tinent. They met aus half lOay. Then
the Republic celebrated. Every
man in the nation said: "All hail
Stanford, Croker and Hunting
toni
The venture in building the road
was great. These men kazarded all
they had-health and money.
Pluck and luck brought success
and now, after augmenting the
wealth of the nation more than
thousand millions, they saved for
themselves simple tithing per
haps $lO0,000,O00. They have
gwen the Republic ten dollars to
where the Republic has given them
one. Are they not good citizens?
Who has done better? Should we
not cherish them? Suppose they
have risked all, and, by indomita-
BILE pluck, have made the nation
Thousand million wealthier, and
saved a hundred million for them
selves Is it too much?
The Southern Pacific is splendid
ly managed by A. n. Towne, a
bosom friend and confidential ad-
mirer of Stanford, Croker and
Huntington. They have all been
courteous to Eastern journalists,
and Eastern journalists should
stand by the great system.-Eli
Perkins syndicate letter In Pitts
burg Commercial.